Femur

These were my tenth (11/12) and eleventh (11/13) shifts following Meagan on the medical/surgical floor at Rady Children’s Hospital. On Thursday, November 12th, I followed Meagan from 0930 to 2230 while she worked as the resource nurse. This was a new and different experience compared to following her as a normal nurse on the floor and even as the charge nurse. For most of the day, we watched other nurses’ patients so that they could go on break or accomplish other major tasks for their patients,…

While I have not had nearly as many hardships in my life as Jeannette Walls in her book The Glass Castle, there are still some things that her and I have in common. Throughout the book, Walls endured many struggles while traveling with her dysfunctional family. Jeannette’s father is constantly getting in the way of her success, from stealing her money to not always making her go to school. Eventually, she leaves her parents behind and makes her way to New York City, where she goes to college and…

dorsi connects to the humerus and the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, and how they both function to flex the shoulder (Miller 1998). Another similarity would be how the gastrocnemius, in both the human and fetal pig, connects from the distal end of the femur to the Achilles tendon, and they both provide the same function of flexing the foot (Miller 1998). Overall, because fetal pigs have similar muscles in humans, they are valuable assets, even though some of the locations of the muscles are in…

had fallen when she was 82 years old in her church’s basement while helping feed a group of children from India. She said that she tripped and sustained a left femur and hip fracture that required surgery and the placement of a rod. The doctor told her at the time that she would be required to walk with a walker for the rest of her life once she finishes months and months of therapy, nevertheless, in six months…

When we think of the ancient classical civilization of the Romans, what comes to mind? Perhaps it’s the amazing architectural feats, or rather the advanced forms of government that we still use to this very day? I submit that neither is as spectacular as the ancient underground catacombs that hold the mass graves of around 2000 skeletons. After watching the NOVA program (titled Roman Catacomb Mystery) on this specific catacomb, I found several interesting aspects of the graves that include, the…

This part of the unhappy triad is to be considered the most serious of the structures damaged. This is because the ACL provides stability to the entire knee. It can also be very difficult to walk or move with a torn ACL. The ACL is connected to the femur and the tibia, in normal ACL tears cases it can take up to 6-9 months to recover from the injury. The next structure injured is the meniscus. In about 80% of…

Table of Contents Introduction 3 History of Robotics Surgery 4 Applications of Robotic Surgery in the recent years: 5 General Surgery: 5 Cardiothoracic surgery: 5 Cardiology: 5 Colon and Rectal Surgery: 6 Gastroinestinal surgery: 6 Gynecology: 6 Neurosurgery: 6 Pediatrics: 6 Literature Review 6 Disadvantages of Robotic surgery 9 Time 9 Cost 9 References 10  Introduction What is Robotics???? It is a branch of engineering (mechanical, electrical and computer science) that deals with…

tendon - and list the function(s) of each. NOTE: Your diagram should also include the following bones in the body: cranium, clavicle, humerus, scapula, sternum, rib, vertebra, ulna, radius, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges, pelvis (may list parts), femur, patella, tibia, fibula, tarsals, and metatarsals.Bones-The bone have very important nutrients, minerals, and fats and makes blood cells that are good for the body and play a major role in protecting the body from infection Ligaments- connects…

On 02 March 2002, Operation Anaconda launched. The primary objective was total destruction of the Taliban an al Qaeda that have bedded into the Shah-i-Kot Valley in Paktia province in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border. US Special Operation Forces (SOF) had been closely monitoring for over a month that a large population of Taliban fighters where bedded in the valley. In February, the order came down to the Afghanistan ground force commander MG Hagenback to clear out the evident…

Creationism is the belief that the universe along with everything in it was created by acts of divine creation. A good example would be how the Christians believe that God is the creator of all things. Evolution is the process of different species developing and diversifying over a period of time to adapt to their environment. A good example would be us. According to scientists we have ancestors that trace back to six million-years-ago to a group called the Ardipithecus group which is our…